Jan 7, 2016, 2:16 pm
Last edit by: KARFA
This thread gives the current catering options for the Galleries First Lounge (Flounge) in LHR Terminals 3 and 5. This lounge is open to BAEC Gold and oneworld Emerald card holders. Passengers flying BA on a First ticket can also use the Concorde Room. The catering supplier was changed on 2 May 2013 to BaxterStorey. Click here to see the former thread, which covered that turbulent period.
The T3 lounge is identical to T5 in terms of food and drink options. However there is no Concorde Room in T3 so from 18:30 hrs there is a pre-flight dining option for First travellers, see here for more details.
The current catering options in the First lounge can be found in the first post in the thread, or you can click here. Currently lounge menus are not always on display in the lounge, but this link may be your best bet to see the options.
Catering options - other LHR lounges
Concorde Room (CCR) LHR : menus 2018
Galleries Club lounges LHR: Dining menu and food options - T3 and T5
For the First and Club lounges at Gatwick and the UK domestic lounges in Newcastle, Manchester, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Belfast, Leeds, Aberdeen, and Inverness
First Lounge London Gatwick Catering options
Galleries Club Lounge Gatwick (North Terminal): Catering options from April 2013 (n.b. no separate 2014-2018 threads)
UK Domestic lounges (outside London) - catering arrangements from April 2013 (n.b. no separate 2014-2018 threads)
BA Champagne & Wine thread
The LHR CCR cocktail menu - cocktail menu introduced May 2014
The 2017 BA Champagne & Wine Thread - covers LHR & LGW lounges and in the air
Archived food & drink threads
Concorde Room (CCR) LHR: menus 2017
Concorde Room (CCR) LHR: menus 2016
Concorde Room (CCR) LHR: menus 2015
Concorde Room (CCR) LHR: menus 2014
Concorde Room (CCR) LHR: menus 2013
Concorde Dining Room IAD: menus and food options - see new Concorde Rooms and Bars: JFK, IAD, SIN, DXB linked above
Galleries First (Flounge) LHR: Dining menu and food options 2015 - T3 and T5
Galleries First (Flounge) LHR: Dining menu and food options 2014 - T3 and T5
Galleries First (Flounge) LHR: Dining menu and food options 2013 - T3 and T5
First Lounge London Gatwick (North terminal): Catering options from April 2013 (n.b. no separate 2014 or 2015 thread)
The 2016 BA Champagne & Wine Thread - covers LHR & LGW lounges and in the air
The 2014 BA Champagne & Wine Thread - covers LHR & LGW lounges and in the air
The 2013 BA Champagne & Wine Thread - covers LHR & LGW lounges and in the air
International Lounge Terminal 1 LHR - catering options from May 2013 - T1 international flights
The T3 lounge is identical to T5 in terms of food and drink options. However there is no Concorde Room in T3 so from 18:30 hrs there is a pre-flight dining option for First travellers, see here for more details.
The current catering options in the First lounge can be found in the first post in the thread, or you can click here. Currently lounge menus are not always on display in the lounge, but this link may be your best bet to see the options.
Catering options - other LHR lounges
Concorde Room (CCR) LHR : menus 2018
Galleries Club lounges LHR: Dining menu and food options - T3 and T5
For the First and Club lounges at Gatwick and the UK domestic lounges in Newcastle, Manchester, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Belfast, Leeds, Aberdeen, and Inverness
First Lounge London Gatwick Catering options
Galleries Club Lounge Gatwick (North Terminal): Catering options from April 2013 (n.b. no separate 2014-2018 threads)
UK Domestic lounges (outside London) - catering arrangements from April 2013 (n.b. no separate 2014-2018 threads)
BA Champagne & Wine thread
The LHR CCR cocktail menu - cocktail menu introduced May 2014
The 2017 BA Champagne & Wine Thread - covers LHR & LGW lounges and in the air
Archived food & drink threads
Concorde Room (CCR) LHR: menus 2017
Concorde Room (CCR) LHR: menus 2016
Concorde Room (CCR) LHR: menus 2015
Concorde Room (CCR) LHR: menus 2014
Concorde Room (CCR) LHR: menus 2013
Concorde Dining Room IAD: menus and food options - see new Concorde Rooms and Bars: JFK, IAD, SIN, DXB linked above
Galleries First (Flounge) LHR: Dining menu and food options 2015 - T3 and T5
Galleries First (Flounge) LHR: Dining menu and food options 2014 - T3 and T5
Galleries First (Flounge) LHR: Dining menu and food options 2013 - T3 and T5
First Lounge London Gatwick (North terminal): Catering options from April 2013 (n.b. no separate 2014 or 2015 thread)
The 2016 BA Champagne & Wine Thread - covers LHR & LGW lounges and in the air
The 2014 BA Champagne & Wine Thread - covers LHR & LGW lounges and in the air
The 2013 BA Champagne & Wine Thread - covers LHR & LGW lounges and in the air
International Lounge Terminal 1 LHR - catering options from May 2013 - T1 international flights
BA LHR T5 Galleries First Lounge (Flounge) : food and drink options
Dec 11, 2025 | 4:41 pm
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Dec 12, 2025 | 10:43 am
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Dear Lord! Your powers of description beggar mine own. You have actually stumbled upon that which I dislike most. Nothing is freshly cooked and sits stewing in its total lack of juice, Once upon a time, one could order fresh food but that has all been "enhanced" away. Turkey is not the easiest meat to cook and keep the breast moist - and the obsession with temperature rather than with freshness. it is a bit like those ghastly carveries where everything has been sitting since time immemorial with soggy sad vegetables that have had every bit of goodness extracted in the cooking water and slung out.
As far as the reds go, probably no one had ordered it and as you remark; no one could care less. Vile.
As far as the reds go, probably no one had ordered it and as you remark; no one could care less. Vile.
Does anyone from BA management ever go into the lounges and maybe have a look at what they have on offer?
Dec 12, 2025 | 10:49 am
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Having been through GF quite a bit lately I couldnt agree more. I think that the food selection looks completely unappetising and lacklustre, particularly in the evenings. It had seemed to be getting better for a bit but now we seem to be back to school canteen levels.
Does anyone from BA management ever go into the lounges and maybe have a look at what they have on offer?
Does anyone from BA management ever go into the lounges and maybe have a look at what they have on offer?
Dec 12, 2025 | 11:38 am
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Dec 17, 2025 | 9:29 am
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which just about sums up BAs arrogance and the internal thought that their lacklustre lounge offering and product they offer is the be all and end all of all things aviation. Its crazy and I sometimes think someone needs to take BA managers by the elbow to a quiet corner in a dark room to have a re-look at their medication.
Dec 17, 2025 | 9:31 am
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Their tendency to hire graduates and turn them into lifers is admirable in some ways but it does mean that BA has a management class that simply isn't that familiar with other airlines' products and ways of doing it (even Colm Lacy has been there for about 30 years). If your only experience of premium air travel is BA on staff travel, then you probably think it's quite good!
Dec 17, 2025 | 10:29 am
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that pink champagne looks horrendous. calm down on the added artificial coloring for god's sake, it's not supposed to be a cherry wkd!
Dec 17, 2025 | 1:07 pm
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I did have a second glance, though; like 'HAVE THEY CHANGED IT AGAIN?!'
